March 2009
2 posts
As giddy as Levi Leipheimer after hypnosis →
Having a link from the BikeSnobNYC is like the grand poobah Lance Armstrong taking a break from destroying everyone on the tour to come ride RAGBRAI with you. It’s like Ted Nugent taking a Saturday off from hunting big game to hunt squirrels with you. It’s like Bruce Jenner taking a pause from Wheaties box photo shoots to pole vault over your fence, it’s like Michael Phelps...
My Efforts to Stimulate the Economy →
With friends like their dealers, clearly Chrysler doesn’t need enemies.
February 2009
5 posts
Life imitates art, and the RNC imitates the Daily... →
“Ah, yes. We American cyclists are constantly subjected to stories of the cycling...”
– From BSNYC.
The state department's blog is called "DIPNOTE." →
What an awful name. Who were the ad wizards who came up with that one?
Dianne Feinstein injects ISP throttle into Obama... →
Money quote:
On one level, Obama’s bill is an effort to boost the American economy. On another, it’s an opportunity for lobbyists to make a mockery American government.
YourFonts - Generate Your Own Fonts Online →
January 2009
14 posts
Greatest NBA Quotes Ever →
“Any time Detroit scores more than 100 points and holds the other team below 100 points, they almost always win.” — Doug Collins. See, now this is exactly the kind of stuff Vinny Del Negro should be teaching his young Bulls team. If you don’t turn the ball over and score more points than your opponent, you’ll win the game…almost always.
Save The Plastic Bag →
This is, for whatever reason, really amusing. I have this picture in my head of a smoke filled room with the fat cats from big oil and the military-industrial complex and the world supergovernment/alien alliance all planning their devious deeds, while the maître d’ won’t let the rep from the Big Plastic Bag industry in to the room. Which almost makes me feel sorry for him.
You're gonna love my nuts
Best. Infomercial. Ever.
Casino profile details luxurious lifestyle of... →
Damn it feels good to be a gangsta.
Hotel butlers shared notes, reminding each other that when Mr. S visited, “no one is to enter the suite unescorted or unannounced except the butler assigned.” And when Siddiqui was entertaining, the notes remind staff that the “butler will need to maintain a presence, if not in the room, then in the pantry with the door open so requests can...
Ricardo Montalban, TV's Mr. Roarke, Trek's Khan,... →
Khaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan!
Financial Advisor takes it on the lamb →
Short story: a disgraced Indiana financial advisor fakes a distress call from his small aircraft, parachutes away, contacts the authorities and escapes into the countryside on a previously-stashed motorcycle and then….
What are the odds that this won’t end poorly for Mr. Schrenker?
Letterman's Top 10 George Bush moments
It’s comforting to know that for all the truly horrible things our 43rd president did, he also did a lot of things that were merely horrible in a superficial way, as those things can make us smile and laugh.
THE BEAST 50 MOST LOATHSOME PEOPLE IN AMERICA,... →
“In the end, Palin had the beneficial effect of splitting her party between her admirers and people who can read.”
Desert Bus as a Java app →
Long reputed as one of the greatest unreleased video games of all times, Desert Bus is now available to the world!
Bastard Tetris →
Dammit. This is infuriating.
Bush's Lame Duck Christmas Dinners: The White... →
“Bucket of Right Wings OR Iraq of Ribs.” I’d say that I’ll miss the guy for all the unintentional funny that he brings, but I won’t.
Remembering the Lawrence Welk Program